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''For the American football player, see Tom Beasley.'' Thomas W. Beasley (a.k.a. Tom Beasley) (born 1943) is an American lawyer, political activist and businessman. He served as the Chairman of the Tennessee Republican Party. He is a co-founder the Corrections Corporation of America (CCA). He served as its President and Chief Executive Officer from 1983 to 1987, and as its Chairman from 1987 to 1994. ==Early life== Thomas W. Beasley was born on January 8, 1943 on a farm owned by his family from the time of the Antebellum South dating back to the late 1790s in Smith County, Tennessee.〔Bill Haslam, (State of Tennessee House Joint Resolution No. 248 ), April 21, 2011〕〔(Flynns, Beasley honored by law school ), ''Vanderbilt Register'', May 22, 2006〕 He was educated at the Smith County High School in Carthage, Tennessee.〔 He graduated from the United States Military Academy in West Point, New York in 1966.〔〔 He served in the United States Army in He served in Vietnam, the Panama Canal and Nicaragua.〔 He was awarded a Silver Star and two Bronze Stars.〔 He received a Juris Doctor degree from the Vanderbilt University Law School in 1973.〔〔(Vanderbilt Law School: Distinguished Award Recipients )〕 While he was in law school, he rented a garage apartment from Lamar Alexander, who went on to serve as the 45th Governor of Tennessee from 1979 to 1987 and now serves as a United States Senator.〔Harmon L. Wray, Jr., (Cells for Sale ), ''Southern Changes: The Journal of the Southern Regional Council'', Volume 8, Number 3, 1989〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Thomas W. Beasley」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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